Chapter 650: Tyrannosaurus vs. Flying Shark
Seeing that the radar was jammed and unable to carry out over-the-horizon operations, Long Yun's jokes were not fabricated out of thin air.
For the N001 carried by the Su-27S fighter and the actual name "Mech", when it was developed at the Khmilov Instrument Research Institute, the reference model was really the N019 "Rubin" radar equipped with a large number of MiG-29, and many modules of the two can even be used universally; The main difference between the two radars is that the N001 has a larger antenna aperture and transmitting power, so that it can obtain a head-on detection range of about 110 kilometers under the condition that the technical level is basically the same, so as to basically achieve the goal of confronting the US military AN/APG-63 (this goal is basically achieved).
Just like now, in the face of the electronic interference of NATO fighters, Long Yun does not think that the "Black Hawk" will carry such a burden as an electronic countermeasure pod into visual air combat, he feels that these interferences should come from other enemy planes sweeping on the sidelines.
If this is the case, then he can theoretically launch an over-the-horizon attack, as long as he switches the radar to STT mode and stares at the "Black Hawk", and the jamming signal cast by the enemy aircraft cannot burn through the detection beam of N001 at such a long distance, and there is no way to destroy the stable illumination of the radar.
But when enemy planes are overwhelming, they are only one of the targets, and the danger of doing so is self-evident!
Not to mention that after the fierce battle just now, as an independent combat force cruising near the battle line and ready to rush into the enemy line at any time to open a killing spree, today's White No. 20 Su-27S only carries six R-73Ms and two R-27ETs as usual. The two only over-the-horizon missiles have been used up; There have always been slight doubts about the effectiveness of the R-27 series of over-the-horizon missiles in air superiority operations. Long Yun still chooses to prefer to choose infrared-guided missiles as the main force. Now there are four R-73Ms in good condition under the wings of the fighters, and this missile does not rely heavily on radar.
If it is an ordinary pilot, it is probably necessary to use radar or EOS system to intercept the target and use the fire control system to determine whether the enemy aircraft is within the missile attack envelope, but for Long Yun, this step is of course completely redundant, and he can make a judgment based on visual inspection and experience alone.
Well, since they are releasing electronic interference, are these guys ready to come up and dogfight!
Facing the jamming signal in the sky, the pilot plane rushed all the way to the large group of enemy planes in the southern sky, and heard the RWR alarm sound change. Long Yun's first impression was that a large number of "Slammers" of the Americans were ready to attack, and the current situation of friend and foe was very dangerous; So he quickly turned sideways and entered the 39th parallel flight state, so as to get rid of the radar tracking of some enemy planes, but the number of American fighters in the sky was too large, and no matter how he maneuvered, he could not completely disappear from the enemy's radar display.
Not long after, just as he was confronting and circling with this large group of fighters, squinting his eyes and looking out of the cockpit to the southern sky, Long Yun could almost see the blurred black dots against the background of the clear sky, and he could clearly see more than one - but what were these guys doing, since they had such a clear numerical advantage, why didn't they just rush up and fight to the death?
For this issue. The Turks on the opposite side naturally knew it.
Since the outbreak of the world war, it has been tied to NATO's rumbling chariot as cannon fodder. Turkey, which borders the southern territory of the Soviet Union, has been being filled into the front line of operations as a "supplementary army", causing this Muslim country with a population of tens of millions and a weak economy to suffer severe casualties.
In the tug-of-war confrontation with the strong enemy in the north, the TAF (Turkey-AirForce, Turkish Air Force), which once ranked third in NATO in terms of equipment scale, suffered heavy losses in the air battle on the front line of the Black Sea; Not to mention, in the face of the frenzied killing of the "Caucasus Reaper" again and again, the thin F-16 "Fighting Falcon" painted with a crescent moon and white stars is not an opponent at all, and the "sickle fulcrum" with a red star shining over the strait has become a nightmare for Turkish pilots and has caused great psychological pressure on TAF front-line combatants.
After a series of terrible battles, the Turks, who were beaten to the point of fear by the "Grim Reaper", had long since lost the minimum belief in fighting, and in short, in the face of the instructions of the US Central Command to assist in defense, it was just a perfunctory delay.
Driven by such an operational mentality, and at the same time shouldering the responsibility of defending the airspace near the coastline and escorting NATO attack aircraft groups, the Turkish "Fighting Falcon" fleet that took to the air to patrol was quite slow to move to the northern theater of operations, although it received orders from the command center. According to the idea of leading the captain plane, although the "Black Shark" in the sky ahead has considerable combat power and should be an elite ace who has experienced a hundred battles, the strong fear of the "Grim Reaper" still overwhelms the desire to avenge his comrades, and the F-16Cs painted in dark gray camouflage only climbed to a predetermined altitude and locked on to the opponent with radar, but did not dare to approach the range of the Russians' "Poplar" missiles to launch a BVR attack.
However, even if the Turks are perfunctory and tense in the sky battlefield, there is still a person who has to face the "Grim Reaper".
Piloting the black "Agile Eagle" to take the lead, and controlling the air situation ahead through the Guò AWACS downward count, Major Harold Fisher narrowed his eyes behind the goggles, tilted his head indifferently and looked at the gray fighter figures in the sky above him, and a look of indifference or pity appeared on his face.
After a few defeats, are these guys cowardly like this?
As a lone wanderer who hunts around in the sky, Fisher is still more accustomed to fighting alone, although it is not bad to have a helper to sweep the formation; However, seeing that the Turkish "Fighting Falcons" looked like they were shrinking their heads and brains, he had already made up his mind, even if he could not get the full cooperation of these guys, he would have no reason to stop in the face of the Russian "fulcrum" that was speeding up and fleeing close to the sea level and the "flanks" who were killing head-on in the sky.
So after a moment of pursuit, the AN/APG-70 radar dutifully intercepted the head-on target at an altitude of 4,500 meters, and the target on the display screen seemed to be only one, could this be a lone enemy, or a cunning tactic of the Russians?
For a two-plane formation flying together, if you already have a rough idea of the opponent's position, the two fighters can fly head-on in a formation one after the other, so that only one target will be displayed on the radar of the target aircraft. This tactic, which is quite simple to use, but very deceptive, will certainly not work in front of Major Fisher, he decisively interrupted the radar signal transmission, flew sideways for a few seconds, and then switched to VS mode again, and sure enough, there was still only one target on the display, which quickly aroused his high alarm.
A "flanker" who single-handedly killed, is this guy here to save those "fulcrums"?
At the time of the pursuit, the Major had already used the multi-target processing capabilities of the "Agile Eagle" fire control system to lock on to four MiG-29Ms at the same time and launch an AIM-120B each, although he quickly engaged in maneuvering confrontation with oncoming targets, and had no time to provide medium-range command correction for missiles flying in the sky, but this was no longer important.
Combined with the information sent by the AWACS aircraft before, almost a subconscious intuition was at work, and Major Fisher vaguely felt that he had met "that person", the "Caucasian Grim Reaper" who was accustomed to being the first to enter the battlefield.
With the help of the abundant sunlight from the rear, he drove the black metal giant bird all the way forward, and unlike the Longyun landline plane that fell into strong electronic interference and shot out the over-the-horizon missile, the information of the head-on approach to the target was clearly displayed on the multi-function display in front of the major; However, having launched all four Slammers in the pursuit operation just now, the "Black Shark" is also unable to launch a BVR attack, and the advantage of this electronic device is meaningless.
In this way, two heavy fighters, each carrying combat missiles, quickly approached each other in the sky and broke into the opponent's field of vision almost simultaneously; The white twenty Su-27S, painted with a red five-pointed star, flickered in the major's field of vision, and his pupils immediately shrank slightly as he got closer and saw clearly.
Sure enough, the red five-star painted with numbers is the landline livery of the "Grim Reaper"!
Finding that the attacking "flanker" was indeed controlled by the "Grim Reaper", and countless terrifying legends about Viktor Rezenov appeared in his mind in an instant, Fisher's spirit immediately became highly tense, he gritted his teeth tightly, slightly calmed the pounding heartbeat, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch his chest, and rubbed it for a moment in the position where the golden cross was hung.
In the battle against a strong enemy, the courage of blood is useless, only calm and calm, can you compete head-on with the "Grim Reaper" who dominates the sky!
With a persistent belief in combat, the control in his hand also increased his strength, and with the major's control, the F-15S/MTD's stout fuselage quickly pressed the slope to one side, and then pulled the lever to raise the angle of attack and began to climb all the way in a circle.
All the way to each other, just as the two fighters were close to each other and almost staggered, the Su-27 and F-15's aerial gun fire and maneuver evasion began to be very accurate, almost in no particular order; Gliding through the dense trajectory of aerial artillery shells, and passing by projectiles whizzing at three times the speed of sound, the dazzling Soviet Tyrannosaurus rex and the dark United States Flying Shark staggered through the sky, entering the first round of double-ring head-on confrontation!
Missiles were accumulating, aircraft guns were roaring, and a pinnacle duel between twin-engine heavy fighters suddenly broke out over the vast Black Sea. (To be continued......)